Employment Law

A plaintiff who failed defendant hospital’s family medicine residency program who alleges race and gender discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation for working hours in excess of established guidelines under the American Council for Graduate Medical Education, has not stated claims ...

An employee of the Federal Reserve Bank who was hospitalized for alcoholism and depression could be terminated for attendance problems, failure to notify the Bank of his absences, and taking a company car to oversee a project in Baltimore and ...

In this 66-year-old African-American male mathematics professor’s suit alleging violations of the Equal Pay Act by defendant Norfolk State University, the Norfolk U.S. District Court conditionally certifies a class of similarly situated male professors, based on NSU’s submission of its ...

In this overtime pay suit against a government IT contractor, the Norfolk U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge conditionally certifies a class of network and system administrators who worked on defendant’s Military Sealift Command Afloat Contract out of defendant’s Chesapeake office. ...

A time-share salesman for the Massanutten resort who was demoted, then terminated and designated ineligible for rehire cannot show adverse employment action was based on his complaint of discrimination in favor of another salesman who had a romantic relationship with ...

A former director of special education states a sexual harassment claim against Pulaski County School Board based on a school board member’s persistent requests that plaintiff enter into a sexual relationship with him; the Roanoke U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s ...

An employee of the Fairfax Fire & Rescue Department who tested positive for PCP two months after he signed a “back to work” agreement in lieu of removal after a DUI arrest, has not shown that his drug test and ...

An administrative assistant for an eye surgery center cannot sue two supervisors in their individual and official capacities for alleged pregnancy discrimination that prompted her termination; the Norfolk U.S. District Court accepts the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss the supervisors ...

Although a registered nurse alleges she is suing her supervisors at a state hospital in their individual capacities, for refusing to authorize overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 4th Circuit says the supervisors’ actions were inextricably linked ...

A plaintiff who worked for a contractor that handled defendant Elizabeth Arden’s warehouse business, and then worked for Elizabeth Arden through referral by defendant Action Personnel Inc., loses her Title VII suit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation; the Roanoke U.S. ...